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Re: IPA - syllable breakshttp://linguistforum.com/phonetics-and-phonology/ipa-syllable-breaks/msg34908/#msg34908
not in the context of a phonetic transcription (unless your orthography happens to be IPA, as is the case, rarely, for some descriptive grammars, but then just as...]]>http://linguistforum.com/phonetics-and-phonology/ipa-syllable-breaks/?action=postMon, 13 Aug 2018 15:56:48 GMThttp://linguistforum.com/phonetics-and-phonology/ipa-syllable-breaks/msg34908/#msg34908Re: IPA - syllable breakshttp://linguistforum.com/phonetics-and-phonology/ipa-syllable-breaks/msg34907/#msg34907
Handbook of the International Phonetic Association, which you can get, used, for around $15....]]>http://linguistforum.com/phonetics-and-phonology/ipa-syllable-breaks/?action=postMon, 13 Aug 2018 15:07:28 GMThttp://linguistforum.com/phonetics-and-phonology/ipa-syllable-breaks/msg34907/#msg34907IPA - syllable breakshttp://linguistforum.com/phonetics-and-phonology/ipa-syllable-breaks/msg34904/#msg34904
When using IPA, I am aware that <.> (full stop) represents a syllable break.However, I have also read that a <-> can also be used? Is this correct? If so, is it simply a matter of personal preference, or is one considered better or more appropr...]]>
http://linguistforum.com/phonetics-and-phonology/ipa-syllable-breaks/?action=postMon, 13 Aug 2018 10:07:02 GMThttp://linguistforum.com/phonetics-and-phonology/ipa-syllable-breaks/msg34904/#msg34904Re: Do the Etruscan numerals prove it's not an Indo-European or a Afro-Asiatic language?http://linguistforum.com/historical-linguistics/do-the-etruscan-numerals-prove-it's-not-an-indo-european-or-a-afro-asiatic-langu/msg34898/#msg34898

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And what would, according to you, be a proper way to say whether the names for the numbers in a language are Indo-European in origin or not?

The only way is to show systematic sound changes/correspondences in a large sample of voc...]]>http://linguistforum.com/historical-linguistics/do-the-etruscan-numerals-prove-it's-not-an-indo-european-or-a-afro-asiatic-langu/?action=postSun, 12 Aug 2018 19:23:25 GMThttp://linguistforum.com/historical-linguistics/do-the-etruscan-numerals-prove-it's-not-an-indo-european-or-a-afro-asiatic-langu/msg34898/#msg34898Re: Do the Etruscan numerals prove it's not an Indo-European or a Afro-Asiatic language?http://linguistforum.com/historical-linguistics/do-the-etruscan-numerals-prove-it's-not-an-indo-european-or-a-afro-asiatic-langu/msg34896/#msg34896

Quote from: Daniel

That's a lazy argument, but not too bad for an impressionistic criterion.

And what would, according to you, be a proper way to say whether the names for the numbers in a language are Indo-European in origin or not?Etruscan names ...]]>
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